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ERIC JOHN JEDNAT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 30, 1947 – July 5, 1968
Service recordEric John Jednat, of Wales, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 20
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Wales, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 20
- CARL POST HETRICKSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HOPKINSCorporal · July 5, 1968
- ROOSEVELT HURST JRSergeant · July 5, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 22
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.